Building a Business Forget Everything You’ve Read: Buying a House is NOT For Suckers Some financial gurus say that a home is a liability, not an asset. But this landlord says they're wrong. By Brandon Turner
Buying a Franchise With the Help of These Franchises, You Earn the Yard of the Year Award By Lindsay Friedman
Building a Business Houzz Co-Founder Adi Tatarko Tells Us Why Bootstrapping Was the Best Thing for the Company By Nina Zipkin
Buying a Franchise This Franchise Knows Just How Cool (and Hot) It Is for a Woman to Own and Operate an HVAC Business Mandy Solis considers herself lucky to have had a mentor who 'never treated me differently because I was young or a woman.' By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise What’s Hot in Franchising? The Big Takeaways From Our Franchise 500 Ranking. From hotels to fast food, a look at which sectors are powering the franchise world. By Entrepreneur Staff
Buying a Franchise This Franchisee Says He’s All About Renewal — of Carpets and Wood, That Is. Albuquerque-based Glenn Buckland has been in the franchise business 28-plus years and now divides his time between businesses that clean carpets and refresh wood. By Joan Oleck
Building a Business Google, Amazon Expand Into On-Demand Home Services The 'gig' economy is expected to grow more than twice its current size by 2020 and these two giant companies want a piece of the pie. By Harriet Taylor
Buying a Franchise These Days, This HVAC Franchisee Is Cooling His Heels as a Successful Business Owner Derek Cole held a variety of jobs in HVAC before becoming a franchise owner in 2009. By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise This Man Climbed the Ladder by Sticking With Gutters Loyalty and ambition drive a U.S. success story. By Jason Daley
Building a Business Check Out This Star Trek-Style Home Elevator The Terry Lifestyle Lift offers an alternative to stairlifts and bulky home elevators for those with mobility issues. By Reuters
Buying a Franchise A Franchisee Who’s Literally Building His Dream Business From the Ground Up Jovanny Galarza has prepared to own a construction business ever since he was a little boy, helping his dad around the house. By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise Will These Franchises From Down Under Come Out on Top in America? Australians are franchise fanatics -- and their eyes are on U.S. expansion. By Jason Daley
Brick & Mortar From a Fix-it Guy to a Franchisee Now Working on His First $1 Million Home improvement franchisee Kory Arntson has been honored by Angie's List not once but three times. By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise A Franchisee Who’s Expert at Building Both Shelves and Revenues Alan Regala is so good at home improvement that he reached the $1 million revenue mark within three years. By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise These 101 Franchises Are the Best of the Best From auto repair or sandwich making, these franchises rank at the top of their industry categories. By Entrepreneur Staff
Building a Business Home Improvement Startup Porch Raises $65 Million at $500 Million Valuation The 16-month-old company plans to allocate funds towards enhancing its new mobile app. By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business Need a Room Painted? This New Startup Wants to Streamline the Whole Process. PaintZen, backed by real-estate mogul Barbara Corcoran, launches in New York and San Francisco today. By Catherine Clifford
Building a Business With $28 Million in New Funding, Porch Is the 1-Year-Old Startup Looking to Remodel the Home Improvement Market In addition to a large Series A, the company reported an exponential increase in employee headcount and several new site features. By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business 5 Gadgets to Make Your Home a ‘Smarter’ Place Your home Wi-Fi network can be used to keep your home safe, keep your plants alive and even keep up with what's in your fridge. By Emily Price
Tech How Tech-Shy Sectors Are Shedding Their Luddite Ways A quick look at a handful of tech-related innovations in building, education and animal farming. By Jennifer Wang